Door check



Sept. 18, 1951 J, v WESTLUND 2,568,477

DOOR CHECK Filed Jan. 51, 1949 Jesse I/. Was f/und Patented Sept. 18,1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DOOR CHECK Jesse V. Westlund, DaytonaBeach, Fla.

Application January 31, 1949, Serial N 0. 73,703

5 Claims. (Cl. 292288) The present invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in door checks and more particularly to an easilyattachable brush for the bottom edge of the door to slow its swingingmovement.

An important object of the invention is to provide a channel-shapeclclip for the back of the brush to held the brush under the door withoutrequiring the use of fasteners of any character which would mar thefinish of the door.

A further object is to provide means for adjusting the brush t increaseor decrease its frictional contact with the floor.

Another object is to provide a device of ths character of simple andpractical construction, which is efiicient and reliable in use,relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for thepurposes for which the same is inteno'led.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof. wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the door checkpositioned under a door and with parts shown in section;

Figure 2 i a fragmentary vertical sectional view;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a modified constructon fox use withclose fitting doors; and,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the door checkattached to a door.

Reierring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed two embodiments of the invention, andreferring first with espect to the invention illustrated in Figureg 1and 2, the numeral 5 designates a channel shaped clip for frictonalengagement with the lower edge of a door 6.

A brush back 1 is suitably secured to the bottom of clip 5 with groupsof bristles 8 embedded in the back 1 and held in brushing contact withthe surface of a fioor under the door.

One or more screws 9 are threaded in back 1 to project the head Ill ofthe screw upwardly thlough a countersunk opening II in the bottom ofclip 5 for engaging the lower edge of the door, the adjustment of screw9 in a raising or lowering movement likewise holding the clip and brushin a vertically adjusted position to regulate pressure of the bristlesof the brush with the floor.

The contact of the brush with the floor serves ing in an opening I8 inchannel member I4. A

washer |9 is fixed to the screw under the chan nel 14 to held. the screwfrom backing out of the channel while turning the screw to lower brushI6.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having descrbed the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A door check comprising a channel shaped member adapted to befrictionally held at the lower edge of a door, a wiping member carriedby said channe l member for wiping contact with a floor which underliesthe door, and adjustable means carried by the wiping member for holdingthe channel member spaced from the bottom of the door.

2. A door check comprising a channel shaped member adapted to befrictionally held at the lower edge of a door, a wiping member carriedby said channel member for wiping contact with a fioor under the door,and an adjustable spacing member between the bottom of the door and saidchannel member to ho1d the latter in spaced relation from the former.

3. A door check comprising a channel shaped member adapted to befrictionally held at the lower edge of a door, an inverted channelmember at one side of said first named channel member, and. a brush heldin vertically adjusted position in said. second named channel member inWiping contact with a floor under the door.

4. A door check comprising a channel-shaped member adapted to befrctionally held at the lower edge of 2. door, a wpng member carred bysaid charmel member for wpng contact With a floor under the door, and anadjustable spacng member carred by the web of the channel member forspacing said door check in vatrous positions relatve to said lower edgeof the door 5. Adoor check comprsing a wpng member, attaohng means forthe wpng member adapted for frctonally grppng the loweredge of a doorfcr holding the wpng member in wipng contact with a floor which underlesthe door, and adjustng means projecting upwardly from the top of the sadwpng member and abuttng a. relatvely statiorary structure for vertcallyadjusting sad wping member.

JESSE V. WESTLUND.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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